Black Pearl 4-piece drum set, red hardware
Description
I lost my black Pearl 4-piece drum set yesterday around 3pm after a practice at Bell's Eccentric Café on East Kalamazoo Ave in Kalamazoo. The bass drum is 22 inches, matte black with a bright red Pearl badge, and there are light scratches along the shell from touring. The 14-inch snare has a small dent on the rim, and the 12" tom plus 16" floor tom have a few stick marks. A yellow lightning-bolt sticker sits on the bass drum hoop, and I kept a pair of Vic Firth sticks in the hardware case. It was last seen in the parking lot behind Bell's; I really need it back, it’s my main kit and it means a lot to me.
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